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A/Prof Adrienne Harvey

A/Prof Adrienne Harvey

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Role Team Leader / Principal Research Fellow
Research area Clinical Sciences

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Available for student supervision
Adrienne is a physiotherapist and clinician scientist with 30 years of clinical, research and education experience. She is a Team Leader/Senior Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Associate Professor within the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. In 2019 she was awarded a Translation of Research into Practice Fellowship through the Medical Research Future Fund.

Adrienne's passion for improving the lives of children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities and their families grew from her PhD studies completed in 2008 and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at McMaster University, Canada. Since then her clinical research activities have grown substantially.

Adrienne has presented extensively on the management of children with cerebral palsy and have developed strong collaborations with key clinicians and researchers nationally and internationally.
Adrienne is a physiotherapist and clinician scientist with 30 years of clinical, research and education experience. She is a Team Leader/Senior Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Associate Professor within the...
Adrienne is a physiotherapist and clinician scientist with 30 years of clinical, research and education experience. She is a Team Leader/Senior Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Associate Professor within the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. In 2019 she was awarded a Translation of Research into Practice Fellowship through the Medical Research Future Fund.

Adrienne's passion for improving the lives of children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities and their families grew from her PhD studies completed in 2008 and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at McMaster University, Canada. Since then her clinical research activities have grown substantially.

Adrienne has presented extensively on the management of children with cerebral palsy and have developed strong collaborations with key clinicians and researchers nationally and internationally.

Top Publications

  • McNamara, PS, Jones, AP, Chang, A, Crabtree, K, Crompton, K, Dehghani, S, Eccleson, H, Fothergill, J, Grigg, J, Gringras, P, et al. Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent chest infections in children with neurological impairment: the PARROT RCT.. Health Technol Assess 1 -19 2026
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  • Baker, LB, Harvey, AR, Egberts, KJ, Reddihough, DS, Scheinberg, A, Williams, K. Trihexyphenidyl for dystonia in cerebral palsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2026
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  • Meehan, E, D’Aprano, AL, Gibb, SM, Mountford, NJ, Williams, K, Harvey, AR, Connell, TG, Cohen, E. Comprehensive care programmes for children with medical complexity. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019(5) : 2026
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  • Harvey, A, Shepherd, D, Gibb, S, D'Aprano, A, Babic, R, Hunter, F, Jealous, G, Carter, R, Reddihough, D, Baikie, G, et al. The impact of care coordination for children with medically complex cerebral palsy: a protocol for a multiple methods study. 2026
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  • Stewart, K, Harvey, A. The identification and measurement of dyskinesia in children with cerebral palsy. A toolkit for clinicians.. 2026
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